Fresh Morel Mushroom Stew with Fava Beans and Peas

I can’t say that I initiated the first “foragers” at Chez Panisse in 1973, because they invented themselves: a couple of them came to the back door, at first for cash or trade in dinners. When the word got out that we would look at anything brought in from forest, field, or ocean (even a few times from the plains of Montana), lots more people showed up. Soon we were telling them what we wanted, and commissioning them for special or commercially unavailable ingredients.

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